When the Beatles took the world by storm in the 60s, I was too young to understand the frenzy. Consequently, I'm not the biggest Beatles fan, although I admire the incredible library of popular songs they compiled. A few even have meaningful lyrics!
When the Beatles broke up and went on their solo careers, I was old enough to appreciate their music, but I didn't care much about their generally mediocre success. (Possible exception was the commerical success of Wings with Paul McCartney.) Like many artists, however, now that they are either old or dead, I can appreciate some of their group and solo music.
The song lyrics that stand out for me today are from John Lennon's classic, Imagine. Good timing for this, since my last blog entry (http://streffblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/diminishing-returns-of-religion.html) basically supports what the song says. The last verse is a little too socialistic for me, so I excluded it, but the rest - just think about it.
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
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